Marble torso of Dionysos

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statue

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 110 cm, width: 46.4 cm, depth: 38.7 cm

Date

end of the 1st – beginning of the 2nd century A.D.

Period

Early Imperial Period (1st century); 2nd century A.D.

Material

marble analysis ; Afyon marble

Iconography

Dionysos ; grapevine ; tree trunk ; panther ; goatskin (nebris); boots

Findspot

Troad

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

8415

Hyp-3843

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 160, fig. 115; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 182, fig. 118; Hekler 1929, 153, no. 154; Clarac 1850, 214, no. 1625 A

The statue depicts the young god, Dionysos. He leans lightly against the tree trunk which serves as a support for the statue and is covered with grapes, an attribute of the deity. He is wearing leather boots and goat’s skin. There is a fragmentary panther in front of the tree trunk.

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Afyon marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.